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NHL Roundup: Brodeur, Devils beat Ducks 3-2 in shootout

Anaheim Ducks' Ryan Getzlaf (15) watches a replay of his disallowed goal with goaltender Jonas Hiller, left, of Switzerland, during overtime of Friday's game against the New Jersey Devils in Newark, N.J. The Devils defeated the Ducks 3-2 in a shootout.

Martin Brodeur made 36 saves and preserved the shootout win with a pad save on Ryan Getzlaf as the Devils won for the seventh time in nine games and handed the Ducks only their seventh loss (14-3-4) since the start of the year.

Getzlaf appeared to score 1:10 into overtime, but the goal was waved off after a review showed he kicked the puck into the net.

Anaheim’s Sheldon Brookbank forced the overtime, scoring with 2:13 to play in regulation. It was his first goal since March 31, 2009, a span of 167 games.

Corey Perry, who hit a goalpost in the shootout, continued his recent scoring spree for the Ducks, collecting his sixth goal in the last four games.

Adam Henrique and Alexei Ponikarovsky scored in regulation for the Devils, 10-3 in shootouts.

■ Hurricanes 3, Sharks 2

RALEIGH, N.C. — Jussi Jokinen scored on a deflection with 8:05 left to lift Carolina past San Jose.

Jeff Skinner and Justin Faulk scored 3:03 apart in the first period for the Hurricanes, who let a two-goal lead slip away before regrouping to beat the Pacific Division leaders.

The Southeast Division’s last-place team won its second straight, earned points in its sixth consecutive game and improved to 10-3-1 in its last 14 at home.

Dan Boyle and Brent Burns scored in a 2:26 span of the third for the Sharks, who fell to 1-2-1 midway through their nine-game road swing and have lost five of seven overall.

Justin Peters made 35 saves in his first start since Jan. 7 and third of the season. His first victory came in a battle of the backups against Thomas Greiss, who stopped 22 shots in place of Antii Niemi.

A solid dump-in by Jaroslav Spacek started the sequence that led to Jokinen’s winner. Drayson Bowman cycled the puck out to Jamie McBain at the blue line, and McBain unloaded a blast that Jokinen tipped past Greiss.

■ Capitals 2, Panthers 1

SUNRISE, Fla. — Alexander Semin scored the tiebreaking goal and Tomas Vokoun made 22 saves against his former team as the Washington Capitals beat the Florida Panthers.

Alex Ovechkin also scored as the Capitals moved two points behind the first-place Panthers in the Southeast Division.

Semin took a slap shot from above the right circle, and the puck deflected off the stick of Florida’s Sean Bergenheim and past Theodore’s glove with 6:33 to go.

The Capitals tied the score on Ovechkin’s power-play goal at 4:47 of the third. It was his team-leading 24th goal of the season.

■ Red Wings 2

Predators 1

DETROIT — Pavel Datsyuk scored with 5 seconds left to give the Detroit Red Wings 22nd consecutive home victory, over the Nashville Predators.

Two nights after breaking the NHL single-season record for consecutive home victories, the Red Wings tied Boston’s multiple-season mark. The Bruins closed the 1929-30 season with 20 victories at home and won their first two the following season.

Detroit can break the record Sunday against San Jose.

■ Canadiens 4

Sabres 3, SO

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Max Pacioretty and David Desharnais scored shootout goals, and Carey Price stopped both attempts he faced in the Montreal Canadiens’ victory over the Buffalo Sabres.

Chris Campoli, Scott Gomez and Tomas Kaberle scored in regulation to help the Canadiens win their third straight road game and improve to 5-1-1 in their past seven overall. Montreal (24-25-10) also jumped out of a logjam of three teams with 56 points and alone into 11th place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Tyler Ennis, Tyler Myers and Robyn Regehr scored for Buffalo. The Sabres, 0-3-1 in their past four, at least salvaged a point after Ennis forced overtime by scoring with 8:05 left in the third period.

■ Jets 4, Bruins 2

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Bryan Little scored twice in the third period to help the Winnipeg Jets beat the Boston Bruins.

Blake Wheeler had a goal and two assists, and Alexander Burmostrov also scored for Winnipeg.

Jordan Caron and David Krejci scored for Boston.

Coming off a shootout victory in Minnesota on Thursday night, the Jets won games on consecutive nights for the first time this season.